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Kenny Parker

Kenny Parker

American football player (born 1946)

Kenny Parker (born July 22, 1946) is a former American football defensive back who played in the National Football League (NFL).

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Early life and high school

Parker was born and grew up in Paterson, New Jersey and attended Eastside High School. He played basketball and football and was named first-team All-Passaic Valley Conference at quarterback as a senior.[1]

College basketball career

Parker played basketball at Fordham, which did not have a college football team at the time.[2][3] Parker played under head coach Johnny Bach and was a starter at guard. He named the Rams captain as a senior and was an Academic All-America selection.[4] Parker averaged 4.9 points over 77 games during his collegiate basketball career.[5]

Professional career

Despite not having played football since high school, Parker was selected in the 16th round of the 1968 NFL/AFL Draft by the New York Giants. He suffered a season-ending injury during the 1968 preseason and spent 1969 on the practice squad.[6][7] Parker made the Giants active roster in 1970, and eventually became a starter at cornerback due to injuries.[8] Parker was cut at the end of training camp in 1971.[9]

References

  1. [1]
    "Eastside". BergenPassaicFootball.com. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Ram's biggest:BC Tomorrow". The Heights. February 2, 1968. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Signori signed by Bulls". The Fordham Ram. May 3, 1968. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Albers Named to 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Women's At-Large First-team". FordhamSports.com. June 14, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Ken Parker College Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  6. [6]
    Harvin, Al (July 21, 1969). "Brenner and Parker, Both Rookies, Have Giant Hopes". The New York Times.
  7. [7]
    Harvin, Al (September 25, 1970). "Giant Scout Carries the News: Cowboys Boast Plenty of Guns". The New York Times.
  8. [8]
    Baker, Jim; Corbett, Bernard M. (2010). The Most Memorable Games in Giants History: The Oral History of a Legendary Team. p. 147. ISBN 9781608190683.
  9. [9]
    "Battle of Jets Reaches Point of No Returns". The New York Times. September 8, 1971.
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